• Beyond life-skills: Talented athletes, existential learning and (un)learning the life of an athlete 

      Ronkainen, Noora; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn; Ryba, Tatiana V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Following developments in educational discourse more broadly, learning discourses in youth sport have been shaped by outcome-based and instrumental goals of developing useful life-skills for ‘successful’ lives. There is, ...
    • The future-oriented hopes and goals of adolescent student-athletes in Finnish sport high schools 

      Sääksi, Pauliina; Saarinen, Milla; Aunola, Kaisa; Korpela, Mika; Ryba, Tatiana V. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      As most young athletes do not end up making a living in sport, and professional athletic careers are relatively short, adolescent athletes need to think about and plan their future outside of sport. The present longitudinal ...
    • Learning in sport: From life skills to existential learning 

      Ronkainen, Noora; Aggerholm, Kenneth; Ryba, Tatiana V.; Allen-Collinson, Jacquelyn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Youth sport is habitually promoted as an important context for learning that contributes to a person’s broader development beyond sport-specific skills. A growing body of research in this area has operated within a life ...